Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.

Currently, the world is suffering from environmental problems caused by plastic waste. A KAIST research team has succeeded in ...

Cloudy Skies Microplastics have once again been detected somewhere jarring as scientists reveal that these tiny plastic ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) DEFINITION: A type of resin and a form of polyester which is frequently used to produce plastic bottles and other containers.It is regarded as easy to recycle. Back to ...

PET (or PETE) Polyethylene terephthalate Clear drinks bottles, food packaging such as fruit punnets, textile fibres (polyester). PET bottles are collected by 92% of councils. Recycled PET is generally ...

Ryo and Kaoru recently graduated from university. During a party, they recognize their feelings for one another. The two start dating, although they hide their relationship from family and friends ...

As much as we think of plastic as recyclable, too, that’s often not the case—while some plastics like PET (polyethylene terephthalate) are easily reused, others just aren’t. Indeed ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This polymer is ...

Researchers have assessed the impact of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) particles and seawater intrusion on the microbiome of mangrove soil and then experimented with an enrichment culture to ...

In a study published Thursday in Environmental Science and Technology, scientists laid out their examination of Comamonas testosteroni, a bacteria that grows on polyethylene terephthalate ...